Marcia Iwatate is one of the leading professionals in the Japanese design and food industry. She is the author of "Eat.Work.Shop.", and co-author of "Shunju: New Japanese Cuisine", which won a James Beard Award in 2004.
Takeshi Nakasa of Nacasa & Partners, Inc., a photographic studio in Tokyo, has been taking commercial interior design and architectural photographs since the 1970s.